June 5, 2013 in Bangkok

From the 27th to the 31st of May, 26 participants from the GREASE network attended a workshop on “Introduction to Companion Modeling” at the Department of Veterinary Medicine of Kasetsart University in Bangkok. This workshop was funded by Cirad, ANR and the GREASE network.

Companion Modeling (ComMod) aims to facilitate dialogue, share knowledge & support collective decision-making to strengthen the adaptive management capacity of communities through integrative collaborative modeling. It is a very innovative and useful tool for GREASE members who need to study the complex interactions between ecological and social dynamics as part of their work on Global Health.

Participants from Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, as well as Malaysia travelled to Bangkok to attend the workshop. It was conducted by a team of ComMod experts: Dr. Guy Trébuil from CIRAD, Dr. Panomsak Promburom from the Centre for Agricultural Resource System Research (CARSR) Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Dr. Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana  from the Tropical Ecology Lab., Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Dr. Warong Naivinit from the Faculty of Agriculture, Ubon Rajathanee University and Dr. Kobchai Worrapimphong from the Department of Agricultural Development, Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University. Dr. Raphael Duboz and Aurélie Binot from CIRAD also contributed to the training.

It allowed participants to learn Companion Modeling approaches from lectures and several case studies in France, Africa and Asia. Participants also had a chance to experience a Role Playing Game, which constitutes one of the ComMod tools. Thus, they understood how ComMod can support collective dialogue between various actors and lead to collective actions.

Three days of training were then dedicated to practical exercises based on real case studies. Participants splitted into three groups to develop three conceptual models according to their respective field of research and their needs: 

1. Kud Dang Wetlands Ecosystem Management in Northern Thailand: How to solve the decreasing fish diversity? (Mahasarakham University Research Station)
2. Institutional surveillance processes for Avian Influenza in Transboundary regions of the Greater Mekong Subregion
3. Management of the risks associated with leptospirosis at community level in Northern Thailand (Nan Province)

This introductive workshop was the occasion to gather the GREASE members during an intensive and fulfilling week. It has successfully trained members with various expectations and needs and will lead to further actions (research, trainings and consultation process).

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References

Scientific papers

Barnaud Cécile, Ruankaew Nipada, Le Page Christophe, Dumrongrojwattana Pongchai, , Gajaseni Nantana, van Paassen Annemarie and Trébuil Guy (2010) 'Companion modelling for integrated renewable resource management: a new collaborative approach to create common values for sustainable development' (pdf 600.01 KB), International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 17: 1, 15 — 23 To link to this Article: DOI: 10.1080/13504500903481474

Barnaud C., Trebuil G., Dumrongrojwatthana P. Dumrongrojwatthana and Marie J., Area Study Prior to Companion Modelling to Integrate Multiple Interests in Upper Watershed Management of Northern Thailand (pdf 633.56 KB), Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 45, No. 4, March 2008

Bousquet F, Trébuil G, Hardy B, editors. 2005. Companion modelling and multi-agent systems for integrated natural resource management in Asia (pdf 440.00 KB). Los Baños (Philippines): International Rice Research Institute & Cirad. Introduction, 1-20.

Dumrongrojwatthana Pongchai, Le Page Christophe, Gajaseni Nantana, Trébuil Guy, Agricultural Technology Program, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, CU-CIRAD ComMod Project, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, CIRAD, UPR47 GREEN, Montpellier, France Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. 

Co-constructing an agent-based model to mediate land use conflict between herders and foresters in northern Thailand (pdf 581.95 KB)

Online publication in Journal of Land use Science: 20 May 2011 DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2011.558596

Naivinita W., Le Page C., Trébuil G., Gajaseni N., Participatory agent-based modeling and simulation of rice production and labor migrations in Northeast Thailand (pdf 1.43 MB), Elsevier, Environmental Modelling & Software 25 (2010) 1345e1358

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Books & book chapters

Barreteau O., Bots P., Daniell K., Etienne M., Perez P., Barnaud C., Bazile D., Becu N., Castella J-C, Daré W., Trebuil G., Participatory approaches and simulation of social complexity (pdf 337.63 KB).

Bousquet F. and Trébuil G. 2005. Training on multi-agent systems, social sciences, and integrated natural resource management: lessons from an Inter-University Project in Thailand. In: Bousquet F., Trébuil G. and Hardy B. (Eds), Companion modelling and multi-agent system for integrated natural resource management in Asia (pdf 5.55 MB). IRRI Publications, Los Banos, Philippines. Pp: 309-326

Etienne M., Bousquet F., Le Page C., &Trébuil G. (2011). Transfering the ComMod approach. In M. Etienne (Ed.), Companion modelling. A participatory approach to support sustainable development (pp. 255-270). Versailles: Quæ

Dumrongrojwatthana P. and Trébuil G., Northern Thailand case: gaming and simulation for co-learning and collective action; companion modelling for collaborative landscape management between herders and foresters (pdf 1.06 MB), Knowledge in action  (chapter 9, pp. 191-219)

Trébuil G. on behalf of the ComMod Group, Companion Modelling for Resilient and Adaptive Social Agro-Ecological Systems in Asia (pdf 144.85 KB)

Posters:

Barnaud C., Companion Modeling for collective learning on Land & Water Management (pdf 371.92 KB) in Northern Thailand Highlands

Barnaud C., Companion Modelling to Support Adaptive Watershed Management (pdf 290.71 KB) in Northern Thailand Highlands

Companion modelling to mitigate land use conflict between herders and foresters (pdf 3.86 MB) in Northern Thailand 
Pongchai Dumrongrojwatthana, and Nantana Gajaseni, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science,Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Guy Trébuil, and Christophe Le Page, Cirad, UPR47 GREEN, Montpellier, France
Frédéric Landy, and Jérôme Marie Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense University, France

Co-designing an agent-based model to represent rainfed lowland rice management (pdf 732.29 KB) in lower Northeast Thailand 
Warong Naivinit, Faculty of Agriculture, Ubon Rajathanee University, Thailand.
Guy Trébuil & Christophe Le Page, Cirad UPR Green, France.
Nantana Gajasene, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Jérôme Marie, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.

ComMod to mitigate land use conflict between herders and foresters (pdf 537.44 KB) in Northern Thailand.

Companion Modeling for resilient water management (pdf 467.79 KB)
PN25 project leader at Guy Trébuil and Chu Thai Hoanh (IWMI)

Interdisciplinary Training on Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), Social Sciences and Integrated Natural Resource Management (INRM) (pdf 333.80 KB) in Thailand
François Bousquet and Guy Trébuil – IRRI-Cirad-DOA Project, P.O. Box 9-159 Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
Nantana Gajaseni - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
Benchaphun Ekasingh – Chiang Mai University
Chaicharn Wongsamun – Khon Kaen University.

Co-designing an agent-based model to represent rainfed lowland rice management (pdf 2.84 MB) in lower Northeast Thailand 
Warong Naivinit, Faculty of Agriculture, Ubon Rajathanee University, Thailand.
Guy Trébuil & Christophe Le Page, Cirad UPR Green, France.
Nantana Gajasene, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
Jérôme Marie, Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France.